So I had another authentic weekend in New York - especially Saturday. I went to a Yankees game with a friend and sat next to an Italian with a Bronx accent named Frankie. His mom was next to him and his fiance was behind him. Wow. Now *that* was some entertainment. (I'll post a picture once I get around to downloading them.)
Sunday I decided to drive around and look at the leaves starting to turn after church. I miss autumn... but am too much of a sissy now to put up with the winters that come with it.
Some of you have been asking how much longer I'll be out here. My last day is supposed to be Oct 12, but I'm trying to get an extension to Oct 26. I could use the money (I'll join the ranks of a starving grad student once I return to Tucson) and it will give me a bit more time to finish up my projects here. For those of you in Tucson, I will be back the weekend of Oct 19th to take my oral comps. I'll ignore you all for my last-minute cramming until Friday afternoon, but then we can go hang out. :)
PS If anyone wants to join me on my cross-country drive back to T-town, lemme know. I'll probably leave Oct 27 and have to make it to Tucson by/on Oct 30.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Yarrr...
Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day, matey. (Does that mean we get a bottle of rum all day?) So have some fun and annoy your coworkers. :)
I know Xavier is excited.
I know Xavier is excited.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Brrrrr.....
So, as much as I love autumn and sweater weather, it sure is getting cold. After spending the last seven years in either Tucson or Hawaii, I'm afraid I've turned into one of those people I used to make fun of in Rexburg.
After looking through the clothes I packed for my internship here in New York, I've decided I need to go shopping or I'll die of hypothermia. I packed all of my warm clothes - the term "warm" being used very loosely here - and they still aren't good enough. My sweaters are hardly sweaters... more like a double-layer Shade shirt. At least they're long-sleeved. Even when I show up to work wearing my faux sweaters, people look at me all funny and make comments about how it's not even cold yet.
Looks like my fairy princess costume just isn't going to cut it for Halloween. Nor will my slutty maid outfit. Maybe I'll be the grim reaper and hide a full snow suit beneath the cape. Or, better yet, I'll stay home and watch a movie under a blanket. Or two. With hot chocolate.
Good thing I'm only here until November.
After looking through the clothes I packed for my internship here in New York, I've decided I need to go shopping or I'll die of hypothermia. I packed all of my warm clothes - the term "warm" being used very loosely here - and they still aren't good enough. My sweaters are hardly sweaters... more like a double-layer Shade shirt. At least they're long-sleeved. Even when I show up to work wearing my faux sweaters, people look at me all funny and make comments about how it's not even cold yet.
Looks like my fairy princess costume just isn't going to cut it for Halloween. Nor will my slutty maid outfit. Maybe I'll be the grim reaper and hide a full snow suit beneath the cape. Or, better yet, I'll stay home and watch a movie under a blanket. Or two. With hot chocolate.
Good thing I'm only here until November.
Monday, September 17, 2007
365 days and counting...
Wow. So Xav and I hit the one year mark on Friday. Poor bastard.
He flew out here and we spent the weekend in the city. It was tons of fun, and we saw (and heard) even more loud and obnoxious New Yorkers. Once I get a few pics from Xav (they're on his fancy shmancy camera), I'll post them.
For our anniversary, we went to Perilla so I could try some of my TV crush's food and hopefully catch of glimpse of him. (I heart Harold Dieterle.) Unfortunately, he's as professional and shy as he is cute, and he stayed hidden in the kitchen. The food was amazing and the cute gay boys next to us were equally impressed.
After dinner, we hopped the subway to our first Broadway play, Wicked. This is definitely good - better than I had expected. The ticket and playbill were my first anniversary gift (paper). So sweet. We had so much fun, Xavier and I will try to hit another Broadway delight either here or when it comes to Tucson: Avenue Q. I'm looking forward to hearing puppets sing "It Sucks to be Me" and "The Internet is for Porn." Classic.
Saturday was spent walking all over New York - Central Park, the coolest Apple store ever, Soho, and Chinatown. We saw the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We ate dinner in a hole-in-the-wall place in East Village that was great and eventually stumbled into a night street fair in Little Italy, the feast of St. Gennaro. We somehow made room for Italian sausages and zeppoles. Yum.
On Sunday, we visited Ground Zero and even met a rescuer survivor. The rest of the day was spent walking through Soho and finding a great sushi place for Xavier.
After all of the fun, Xavier was sick of me (or was it the other way around?) and hopped a plane back to Tucson. Hopefully I can get him back here before I leave to see the leaves turn. Autumn is my favorite time of year and Xavier, a Tucson native, is totally missing out.
He flew out here and we spent the weekend in the city. It was tons of fun, and we saw (and heard) even more loud and obnoxious New Yorkers. Once I get a few pics from Xav (they're on his fancy shmancy camera), I'll post them.
For our anniversary, we went to Perilla so I could try some of my TV crush's food and hopefully catch of glimpse of him. (I heart Harold Dieterle.) Unfortunately, he's as professional and shy as he is cute, and he stayed hidden in the kitchen. The food was amazing and the cute gay boys next to us were equally impressed.
After dinner, we hopped the subway to our first Broadway play, Wicked. This is definitely good - better than I had expected. The ticket and playbill were my first anniversary gift (paper). So sweet. We had so much fun, Xavier and I will try to hit another Broadway delight either here or when it comes to Tucson: Avenue Q. I'm looking forward to hearing puppets sing "It Sucks to be Me" and "The Internet is for Porn." Classic.
Saturday was spent walking all over New York - Central Park, the coolest Apple store ever, Soho, and Chinatown. We saw the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We ate dinner in a hole-in-the-wall place in East Village that was great and eventually stumbled into a night street fair in Little Italy, the feast of St. Gennaro. We somehow made room for Italian sausages and zeppoles. Yum.
On Sunday, we visited Ground Zero and even met a rescuer survivor. The rest of the day was spent walking through Soho and finding a great sushi place for Xavier.
After all of the fun, Xavier was sick of me (or was it the other way around?) and hopped a plane back to Tucson. Hopefully I can get him back here before I leave to see the leaves turn. Autumn is my favorite time of year and Xavier, a Tucson native, is totally missing out.
Friday, September 14, 2007
WWMD
... because MacGyver knows everything.
Apparently the world trusts MacGyver more than other fictional heroes like Bond and Indy to save the world. Yay! I always knew my childhood crush was the hero of the world.
http://www.celebitchy.com/5900/macgyver_to_the_rescue/
Apparently the world trusts MacGyver more than other fictional heroes like Bond and Indy to save the world. Yay! I always knew my childhood crush was the hero of the world.
http://www.celebitchy.com/5900/macgyver_to_the_rescue/
Blogging is for SUCKERS...
... and we're in. Who knows if we'll actually keep posting.
(PS. Yay plagiarism. Thanks for the line, Betty.)
(PS. Yay plagiarism. Thanks for the line, Betty.)
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